CAW Collective Agreements provide detailed requirements • more detailed worker h&s rights requirements than the law: eg. full time health and safety worker reps chosen by union, paid for by company • more detailed education and training requirements than law requires (eg. $3 million per year CAW H&S Training Fund: Big 3) • more detailed specific requirements than law requires

Jim O’Neil, CAW Secretary There is absolutely no excuse for employers to fail to provide safe and effective lockout procedures. Whenever they neglect this duty, they must be confronted and made to comply with the law. Whenever this failure results in a serious injury or death, they must be prosecuted or financially penalized and in some situations jail terms should be sought

Ergonomics: union contract • Education and training of all workers: 4 hours • Education and training of union leadership: one week • Full time ergonomics representatives in plants or region, chosen by union, paid for by companies • National ergonomic coordinators, chosen by union, paid for by companies.

Asbestos • Worker deaths have made law more stringent: 0.1 fibres/cc. • But even this level is associated with lifetime risks: • 5/1,000 lung cancer • 2/1,000 asbestosis • We bargained banning of asbestos as part of a dozen or more carcinogens banned • Stringent requirements for asbestos removal